GAME NIGHT Chicago @Industrious: coming soon

Industrious

New Game: PANDEMIC

Game Night Chicago is proud to present Pandemic– one of the first (and arguably the most successful) cooperative boardgame. Take on a role as a scientist, medic, or other specialist and save the human race from four unique diseases spreading across the globe. Everyone wins by curing all the diseases–or everyone loses to a global epidemic.

The stakes are high but the game is addictive, easy to learn, and fun. Come try it!

Best play: 4 people

Gamerunner: Marino Fresch

Limited Seats Available!

Pandemic is a COOPERATIVE (Co-op) GAME: all the players work together towards a common goal.

Game Night Chicago: Games for the Evening.

Settlers of Catan

The masterpiece that started the current board gaming revolution. Gain resources; build settlements; trade with your rival Settlers; manage your resources; think on your feet; turn four bricks into a sheep and become Lord of Catan!

Best play: 3-4 people/table, multiple tables available

Carcassonne

Behind Catan comes the second most influential game of this gaming revolution. Assemble the pastoral landscape of medieval France; populate cities, roads, fields and cloisters with your meeples (that's really what they're called!) and claim victory in this elegant, beautiful game.

Best play: 2 people/table, multiple tables available

Ticket to Ride

An incredibly popular game; elegant gameplay, easily learned in under 15 minutes, intense strategic and tactical decisions at every turn. Collect various types of train cars and deploy to claim your railway empire. A definite "gateway game" for people who want to get into the fun.

Best play: 3-5 people/table, multiple tables available

Clue

If you've never played, you owe it to yourself to try it–especially on this 1950's board with custom-made detective notecards. Roam the halls and sleuth out who killed Mr. Boddy–and where, and with what. Only one table available with this classic board!

Best play: 4-6 people, one table available

Codenames

A simple premise and surprisingly open-ended gameplay make this word game a huge social hit. Find the opposing team's agents by deciphering the clues within the everyday words on the board. Addictive fun.

Best play: 8+ people, party-style, one table available

Funemployed

Can you think on your feet and interview for a job as the President or a Professional Cuddler?

Each player interviews using four random Qualification Cards and has to talk their way into winning the job.

Best play: 5-10 people, party-style, two tables available

Risk

You've heard of it. Perhaps you've tried it. But have you ever playedRisk?Come play Risk with us. Learn from some seasoned player the ins and outs of one of the world's most famous strategy games.

Best play: 5 people, one table available

Pirate's Cove

Gain fame; bury treasure; brag about your exploits at the tavern. Navigate shrewdly; fight mercilessly. Your objective: to become the most famed and feared pirate the world has ever known.

Best play: 4-5 people, large amounts of pirate trash talk, one table available

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Feel the excitement and suspense build in a game that unfolds differently every time you play. No two games of Betrayal are the same! An investigative trip into a haunted mansion goes south (big surprise), and the players must defeat the horror before it’s too late.Be brave. Come try it.

Best play: 4-6 people, collaborative, rules taught, one table available